Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 298 · Decided 21 April 2014
Thimmareddy & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 298 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 14
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 903/2014
- Decided
- 21 April 2014
- Bench
- S.S. NIJJAR, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 397; CrPC Section 165, 166
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 397 rlw s.1208 - Robbery - In bus - Eight accused - Trial C9urt acquitted all the accused c holding that charges were not proved against them beyond reasonable doubt .... High Court convicted 5 of the 8 accused - 3 convicts i.e. A-1, A-2 and A-5 filed appeal before Supreme uls. 120-8 /PC was not prove(} as the mere fact that the eight accused o persons gathered on the previous day could riot automatically connect to the commission of alleged crime - High Court committed grave error in recording conviction solely on basis of statement of the so called eye
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